Vine-lifting attachment



June 17, 1930 0,; McNEgs r 1,764,572

VINE LIFTING ATTACHMENT Filed Aug. 5, 1928- Patent ed June 17; 1930 QLIVER ,1. mar nas, or mnwfcasrnn, PENNSYLVANIA,

vmE- mrmo A TACHMENT la ncat'ion filed August 3,1928." semi No. 297,159

' This invention relates to vine lifte rs, and.

If: especially 'to an improved, simple and effecltive vine-lifting attachment for farm ve-- 'hicles' or :travelin machinery, that is, ma-

;J .5 chines iwhich inc ude ground wheels and frames, the frames being carried by-the ground'wheels.

ment ofthis character. e

Other objects. and important features are pointed 'Qut'or impliedin the following details of description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

v Figure 1 is a perspectivevi'ew of a travel ing-spraying machine having my improved vine lifter'attached in itsoperative position.

Figure 2 is a perspectiveview..of the aton which the attachment is carried.

Referring to these drawingsi-n detail, in

which similar j reference characters correandin which the spraying machine is illustrated'to show the mounting of the vine-lifting attachment thereon, the invention will be described in detail, but first, it should be understood that the pumping mechanism P, the transmission wheels T and: the spraying tubes and nozzles S form no part of the present invention.

The ground wheels 3 support andcarry a main frame 4, a liquid tank 5 and a tongue usual or proper means for attaching draft vanimals thereto.-

mounted on a motor-driven machine, the tongue 6 will be omitted.

Referring to Figure 2, it will be seen that the vine-lifting attachment includes a horizontal shaft 7 which is mounted, in suitable bearings on rear end portionsof the frame 4, such bearings being indicated at 8. This shaft 7-is preferably of hollpwpipe or. tubing, and has T-fitting s'9 secured thereon between the bearings 8 and the respective ends of the tube. L-fittings 10 are secured onthe ends .of the tubular shaft/Z, pi'eferablv bv One object'of my invention is to provide simple, convenient, easily attached, easily 7 10 operated, and thoroughly practical attach tachment, and fragmentalp'arts of the frame I spend to similar parts in the severa1.views-,-.

t5,the latter havin its front end broken off in Figure 1, and elng provided with any.

Where the attachment is means of screwthrea'ds (not shown) Hooks 11' and 12 (also preferablyof metal-tubing) have their upper front ends secured in the fittings 9 and 10, by screw-threads or other appropriate means, and their curved lower ends 13 extend downward and forward, while 5 their upper relatively straight main portions extend upward and forward. These hooks 11 and 12-are arranged in' pairs, each" pair beingat the opposite side of the machine i from the other pair, and the hooks of each pair straddle the adjacent ground wheels-,3. For the purpose of holding the hooks 1-1 and 12 of each pair in the substantially parallel relation shown, each pair is provided with a strut 14which has its ends secured to therespective hooks of its pair. To prevent the connections or fittings 9 and 10 from turning Withrespectto the shaft 7 each of these fit: tings may-vbe electrically: welded or otherwise permanently secured on said shaft. Collars 15 may be secured on the shaft 7 to prevent longitudinal movement of the latter within its bearings.

For the purpose of lifting the hooks by the operation of a foot of the driver on the drivers seat, which isindicated at'D, a com bined shaft and lever 16 is mounted in suit able" bearings' 17 on'the frame 4L A' pulley or guidingroller 18 isalso mounted on the frame 4. YA cableor flexible element 18 has one end tied or secured to'the intermediate part of one of the hooks 11, and its other end is secured to a depending leversarm 19 of the member 16, while the upwardly extending arm'of this member 16 has a pedalmember '20secured' thereon by any appropriate means,

By reference to the drawings, it will be seen that they show the attachment in re versed positions. It will also be seen that some of the parts shown in Figure 2 are hidden in Figure 1. It should also be understood that the p edal 2O is in a convenient position with respect to the seat -D so the pedal can be swung in its bearings 1 so asto be 9e moved forwarda'nd downward into engage-- ment' with a spring-catch'21 which has an opening 22 for receiving the upper end of the pedal arm of the lever 16. This springcatch'is curved so that the pedal-arm W111 multaneously sprayed and lifted;

strike its rear surface at a point above the opening 22, and the continuation of 1ts downward movement will bring it into reg stration with the opening 22, whereupon the spring action of the catch 21 will cause the opening 22 to engage withthe pedal-arm, and

holdvit-down, thereby causing the arm 19,

ing arm having a pedal thereon and having its upper end extended beyond said pedal, and a spring-catch on said frameand ada oted for engagement with the extended en of said upwardly extending arm and 'to releasably hold said upwardly extending arm in an approximately parallel position in which it cooperates with the said depending arm and flexible element and pulley for holding the hooks out of engagement with the ground.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. 1

I OLIVER J. MQNEES.

extent, limiting chains 23 may be provided at one or both sides-of the machine.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that when the vehicle or traveling machine is drawn throu h a field of sweet pot'a toes or other vines w ich are to be lifted, the hooks 11 and 12 being in contact with the ground, for a purpose well known by farmers, and some of the vines will be broken and will adhere to the hooks; The driver can free the hooks from the adhering vines by pressing ground, such vines will be lifted from the the pedal-arm downward; and when thevines are freed from the hooks, the latter are permitted to again contact with the ground, for continuing the operation of lifting vines.

By mounting this vine-lifting attachment on a spraying machine, the vines can be si- Although I have described this embodi-'- ment and mounting of my vine-lifting attachment specifically, itis not my intention to limit my patent protection to these'exact details of construction and arrangement, for

' numerous changes can be made within the scope of the inventiveideas as implied and claimed.

v What claim as my invention is:

In a vine-lifting device, the combination with a vehicle including a frame and groundwheels carrying the frame, of a shaftextendng transversely across said frame, hearings in which said shaft isjournalled on said frame, twopairs of vine-lifting hooks, each of said pairs being secured on a respective end of said shaft and being spaced from one another and extending downward into posi-i t on for contact with the ground on opposite s des of the respective ground-wheels, a comblned shaft and lever journalled on said frame in rear of the first said shaft, said com-- blned shaft and lover including a depending arm and an upwardly extending arm, a fiex- 1ble element connected to said depending arm a and to one of said hooks,aguidingpulley over which the intermediate part of said flexible element extends, said guiding pulley being carried by said frame, said upwardly extend- 

